I'm running linux now, so I can't use Quest anymore. I can't dualboot since the ircd I'm running for Halca Network (irc.halca.org) requires me online 24/7 with no reboots.

Is there any chance you could make a linux port of Quest, Alex? I would rather not switch to Inform... if I can't use Quest, I'll just write my MUD in C++.

Unfortunately it's not possible, as Quest is written in VB and there's no easy way to port that to Linux. You could try using Wine though - although I've not been able to get Quest to work (I got as far as the splash screen...)

that means you won't be able to play Medieval Magic either :O

You can install Quest by using Wine. But you must have windows installed on your machine, and you really must *install* it *from* wine, and it should work. It works for me. I don't know about QDK, but the player is ok, you can write your game with any text editor.
Someone is porting Quest to linux, he told me he has already done half of the parser. He will probably post here when it will be complete.
I think it would be great if Alex could release the source code of the parser so more people would get interested in Quest.
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I can't install windows on my machine. It runs an irc server (shadow.halca.org) so I can't shut it down. A reboot may be ok, I've usually only got 50-65 users on the server at any given time... it's not that large a network. I definately can't shut it down while I install windows though. Or reboot into windows.

ok, so it's a pity then. Maybe it's possible to make it run Quest through a virtual emulator such as Bochs or Plex, but I haven't tried it yet. I noticed also in the latest version of Wine for Debian, Quest was no longer working, and now I've upgraded I can no longer come back to the old version.

to prove Quest really can run from Linux, here is a screenshot :

http://anamnese.online.fr/if/quest_and_wine.png

Note the text editor Kate can "fold" some parts of the code. It's very conveniant !

(I haven't used my game for the example, because I wish it may participate to the ifcomp next year, so I think it must remain "secret")

About installing Quest on Wine without Windows, maybe you could import into Wine those dll : (system folder)


StdOle2.tlb
MSVBVM50.dll
OleAut32.dll
OlePro32.dll
AsycFilt.dll
ComCat.dll
RichEd32.dll
comct232.ocx
comctl32.ocx
comdlg32.ocx
mci32.ocx
richtx32.ocx
CSWSK32.OCX
UUCODE32.DLL
NPMOD32.DLL
VBUZIP10.DLL

linux looks horrible

I agree. It looks like a cheap version of Windows 3.1.

My linux looks a thousand times better. It looks more like winXP. I run Slackware 10.0. Come to irc.halca.org sometime. I'm either S1aY3R or Drakyth and I'm op in almost every channel. We've got about 90 users right now, maybe another 50 more soon. By December we'll have 100 more.

My linux looks a thousand times better. It looks more like winXP

having a desktop looking like an operative system I hate is not really my goal. Btw I cannot run easily KDE (with the "plastik" theme, the one close to winxp) because my main computer is not very fast.
A clean and efficient desktop is enough for me.

Did you manage to run a windows emulator on your linux box ?

Ah, I didn't mean it looked exactly like it. I'm using a customized theme for KDE 3.2 I think. I just meant it looked better.

Ha... I reverted XP back to 98-mode .... with a couple of changes here and there! I wish Linux wasn't so graphically hungry (like XP is now)... And I also wish ATi would get off their stinking butts and make some good bloody drivers >.< .

I wish Linux wasn't so graphically hungry

linux is not graphically hungry, linux is not a window manager.
You can use for desktop / window manager applications like gnome or kde which are quite hungry, but some others like xfce, windowmaker, fluxbox etc. are not heavy at all for your system.
And if you recompile your kernel, you'll have a much faster system than with windows

Slayer, just wondering: what happens if your computer freezes? Then you'd more than likely have to reboot.

Why don't you get a new computer?

My computer never freezes. At worst X may crash and send me back to bash. My ircd will still run.

I don't have a job yet and can't buy a new computer. When I do I will probably save $2500 or $3000 and buy something with around 2gb of RAM, dual AMD64 processors, and a 300gb HDD. Everything else would be the best I can afford.

I wouldn't get 2 GB of RAM. From what I've heard, it actually runs slower than 1 GB. Strange but true.

Well, I guess it's happy waiting for you.

From what I've heard, it actually runs slower than 1 GB

probably not on *nix systems.

http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=7754

read the article. wtf is a mobo?

MOtherBOard.

Thanks. I'll store that with the rest of useless things I know.

Farvadin:
Ahhh, I've never messed about with linux that much, and haven't actually done anything with the kernel at all... Means I have to go into the bash screen which, although not very graphically different to DOS, does hide about 90% of it's commands. Meaning it's very hard for me to actually DO anything.

That and the fact my past linux installs have never been able to get online.
I wonder if Linux can use my wireless cards .

bash screen which, although not very graphically different to DOS,

but much much more powerfull and conveniant, and it has colours too !

does hide about 90% of it's commands

type [tab] [tab] and you'll get all the commands available on the system.
type : "man command" and you'll get the manual on that command

http://www.ss64.com/bash/

At the beginning it may look boring and difficult, but after a short learning time it's becomes efficient.

I wonder if Linux can use my wireless cards

probably...
You can try the knoppix live cd. I've seen it has support for such wireless cards.

It *might* run the wireless hardware. They're adding wireless support into the kernel atm